Government Gazette issue announcing the appointment: ΦΕΚ 12/Γ/11.01.2008

Marios Spiliopoulos was born in Polygyros, Chalkidiki, in 1957. He studied Painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA), in the studio of Dimitris Kokkinidis.

In 2005, he was elected Professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts, where he had been teaching since 1991. That same year, he became director of the 3rd Painting Studio. He was also a founding member of the working group that established the Postgraduate Programme in Fine Arts (M.E.T.), where he has been teaching since its inception in 2003, and in 2014 he took over as its Director.

He has represented Greece in three European Capitals of Culture: Glasgow (1990), Madrid (1992), and Copenhagen (1996), as well as in the 2nd Istanbul Biennale (1990).

In 1994 he was awarded the “Grand Prix d’ Alexandrie” at the 18th Alexandria Biennale.

Among his many solo exhibitions, some highlights include: 

2008, Old Olive Mill of Elefsina, Aeschylia 2008 – “Traces of Humanity – Elefsina” («Ανθρώπων Ίχνη – Ελευσίνα») / 2006, National Library of Greece, “Reading Paintings” («Διαβάζοντας Ζωγραφιές»)  /2003 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF MYSTRAS, “Mystery of the Bees III” («Μελισσών Μυστήριον ΙΙΙ») / 1997, WIGΜORE FINE ART Gallery – London , «Landscapes of Beign» / Artio Galery, 1994, “Outpost of memory” («Μνήμης Φυλάκιον»),  1992 “Mystery of the Bees” («Μελισσών Μυστήριο») / 1989 “The Earthly Vigil Lamp” («Το Γήινο Καντήλι»)

Ηe also participated in selected international exhibitions:

1989, EXPOARTE, Bari / 1990, 2nd Istanbul Biennale/ 1990 and 1991, “LINEART” Foire d’ Art Internationale, Ghent / 1992, MJU MUSEUM OF SCULPTURE AND PAINTING, Istanbul / 1991, CIRCULO DE BELLAS ARTES, Madrid / 1999, NATIONAL GALLERY, Athens, “Transformations of the Modern” / 1996, «T.I.C.K.O.N.», «ΤRILOGY: Art – Nature – Science», Denmark  / 1996 42e  Salon de Montrouge Art Contempoain, Paris / 1996,  ΚΧ – CAMPNAGNEL, Hamburg / 1998, TEL AVIV MUSEUM OF ART/ 1999, Falun, DALARNA MUSEUM, Sweden / 1999, EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, Frankfurt, / 1999, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART OF ROMANIA, Bucharest / 2002, National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), Athens, “Synopsis 2 – Theologies” / 2005, Wroclaw, Poland, / 2007, COMPLESSO DEL VITTORIANO, Rome / 2009, 2nd Thessaloniki Biennale, “TRACES OF HUMANITY No.2 – Thessaloniki” / 2010, National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), Athens. “The Landscape of Being” («Το Τοπίο του Είναι»)/ 2014, Center For Fine Arts (BOZAR), Brussels, «Nautilus: Navigating  Greece»

His works are held in private and public collections in Greece, Turkey, Belgium, France, Poland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, Denmark, and the United States.

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